# The House of the Devil (2009)

> A cash-strapped student accepts an isolated babysitting job and finds herself trapped in a carefully staged occult nightmare.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/15462

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Director: Ti West
- Cast: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace, Heather Robb, Darryl Nau
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172994/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, claustrophobic, late night horror marathon, halloween viewing

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